Oil-can holder for machines.



T. J. BURGER.

OIL (JAN HOLDER FOR MACHINES.

APILIQATION FILED DEC. 3, 1912.

A T T ORNEY.

COLUMBIA PuNoGRAPH CQJVASHINGTOM n. c.

THEODORE J. BURGER, OF CHINO, CALIFORNIA.

OIL-CAN HOLDER FOR MACHINES..

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 3,191d.

Application filed December 3, 1912. Serial No. 734,797.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE J. BURGER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Chino, in the county of San Bernardino, State of California, have invented a certain new and useful Oil-Can Holder for Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to oil can holder for machines, and it may be said to consist in the provision of novel and advantageous features and in the novel and improved construction, arrangement and combination of parts as will be apparent from the description and claim which follow hereinafter.

One object of the invention is to provide an improved oil can holder which when applied to machines is at all times adapted to securely hold the oil can in position even though the machines be subject to severe shocks or jars.

Further objects of the invention are to provide an improved device of the class specified which may be readily secured in position on machines, is simple in construction, economical to manufacture and use, strong and durable, and effective in action.

Other objects and the advantages of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from a consideration of the following description of one form of device embodying the invention, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a partly broken and sectional view of an automobile having the device affixed thereon; Fig. 2 is a view of the device in elevation; Fig. 3 is an enlarged broken and sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. i is a partly broken and sectional view of the device mounted. on the frame of the automobile; Fig. 5 is a plan view of the same; Fig. 6 is a partly broken view showing the device mounted on the dash of the automobile, and Fig. 7 is a plan view of the same.

The plate 8 having the lower end portion thereof split and provided with openings 9, and having the upper end portion provided with a slot 10, and having openings 11 for screws 11, is punched or stamped out of sheet metal by any suitable means, not shown. As shown, the upper end portion of the plate is off-set from the other or vertical bracket portion 12 of the plate to form a horizontal shelf 13 for the oil can 14: to rest upon.

To the bracket portion 12 is secured, preferably by means of the staple 15, the central part of a spring-metal rod 16 having the half portions 17 thereof bent toward each other and passed upwardly through the slot 10 in the rear of the horizontal shelf 13 and bent over to be disposed at a short distance above the shelf 13, the free end portions of the rod 16 above the shelf 13 being formed to provide curved arms 18 which are adapted to hold removably therebetween the oil can 14 when it is placed on the shelf 13. The part 21 of the split lower end portion of the bracket portion 12 may be off-set, and the device may be affixed on the crank case 19 of the automobile engine by passing through the opening 9 in the off-set part 21, one of the bolts 20 which secure together the flanges of the crank case 19,-see Figs. 1 and 3; or the device may be secured to the frame of the automobile by passing through the other of the openings 9 in the bracket portion 12, the bolt 22 which secures to the side 24 of the frame the cross-piece 23 of the frame,-see Figs. 1, 1 and 5; or the device may be secured to the front face of the dash 25 or other wooden part of the automobile by means of the screws 11 passing through the openings 11 in the bracket portion 12- see Figs. 2 and 6 and 7 I claim:

An improved oil can holder for a machine, comprising a metal plate formed to provide a vertical bracket portion having the lower end portion thereof split and formed with an offset part, said bracket portion and said offset part having openings therethrough whereby the plate may be secured in position on the machine as set forth, an off-set portion on the upper end of the bracket to provide a horizontal shelf for the oil can to rest on, said shelf having a slot in the rear thereof, and a spring-metal rodhaving the central part thereof secured to the bracket portion and having its half portions bent toward each other and passed upwardly through the slot in the shelf and bent over to be disposed of at a short distance above the shelf, the free end portions of the rod above I the.shelf being formed to provide curved arms adapted to hold removably therebethis 23rd day of November A. D. 1912. tween the oil can on the shelf, substantially THEODORE J. BURGER. as described. Witnesses:

In testimony whereof, I have signed my A. H. LIDDERs, name to this speclfication 1n the presence of I FRED A. MANSFIELD.

or five cents each, by addressin Washington, D. C.

two subscribing witnesses at Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, State of California,

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